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Show A2-T- he Tlmes-lndependa- Thursday, Oct. 11, 1930 nt, m - t" C vp-- Readers share views ' s :QmtnentB': JsjHaWw ''' but I just couldn't get excited last weekend' about the of federal offices for lack of a budget impending I've seen it all too often, and I, along with a whole lot of other Americans, am sick of the exercise. The idiocy and childishness of our friends in Washington is sickening. It's no wonder that voters I'm sorry, shut-dow- n nationwide are shunning the polls and incumbents this year. Weve got problems out there, folks. Congress and the President talk about reducing the deficit. They don't seem to remember that an even reduced deficit will still contribute to a national debt that exceeds 3 trillion dollars. Thats more than I owe the bank. We've got a savings and loan debacle that will hang like a millstone around our necks and the necks of our kids and grandkids for years. And, weve got over a hundred thousand of our young men and women deployed on foreign soil. Get serious, Washington. Your constituents are getting fed up. sjt Utah lost a great statesman this week. Gov. Scott Matheson, a great former chief executive of the State of Utah, and a favorite personal friend of ours, died at the young age of 61 the victim of cancer a common malady of so many who grew up in Southwestern Utah communities like Parawon, his home town. One wonders. I served on Utah's Transportation Commission all during the eight years of Scott's administration. As a matter of fact, he even reappointed me to a second term on that commission, even though we represented different political parties, and occasionally differed on matters of transportation policy. There was never a time of difference, however, when we couldn't sit down afterward and talk it out. And he was always available. Following his term as Governor, he was not only a highly successful, always vigorous attorney, but continued his work for the people of Utah. A year or so ago, he was one of a handful of people who formed a corporation called Coalition for Utahs Future, and served as its chairman. Only two months ago, I received a letter from him inviting me to join its board of directors. What I don't need is another board or committee to serve on, but Scott's invitation was impossible to refuse. I looked forward with excitement to that service. Ironically, at my very first board meeting six weeks or so ago in Cedar City, we board members all signed a "get well" card to the Governor. He had begun a series of trips to University Hospital which ended in his death last Sunday morning. Scott Matheson was brilliant. He was a tiger when dealing with adversaries particularly federal agencies attempting to stuff things down Utah's throat without asking our opinion. He never forgot, however, his rural Utah heritage. His "go to Southern Utah Uniform," consisting of faded jeans, plaid shirt. Stetson and cowboy boots, were familiar all over the state, and obviously worn with comfort. That sight will be missed greatly. Adrien and I are, naturally, hurting this week along with scores of other Utahns of both major political parties. And as soon as we get the paper on the press, we'll be heading for Salt Lake to pay our last respects to a great leader and a compassionate friend. sjt The lower garden froze Tuesday night, but Adrien informs me that the upper garden with its eight tomato plants survived. Well harvest both ripe and green, wrapping the green ones in newspaper so they can ripen at their own speed inside the house. Adrien last night told me a story about business friends of ours in Moab a number of years ago who took the advice of an old-tigardener and pulled all their loaded tomato vines and hung them in their basement when frost approached. If that wasn't messy enough, they promptly forgot them only to discover some weeks later that the tomatos had indeed ripened and then dropped on the basement floor. I hope we remember where we put our tomatos this fall. once-immacu-l- paper-wrapp- The Times-Independe- Education and educators of this county deserve our support, because public education is one of the strong foundation stones of democracy. They should have gone for eight mills instead of two. Our inclination in the past months has been to favor bonding for improvements to the courthouse, however, with the asinine decision of the commissioners to hold a special vote two weeks before a general election, the appearance is given that something is being hidden from the pub- Dear Sam, '' C' mm ed On behalf of the Land Rover Owners Association, I would like to thanlc the following persons andor organizations for helping to make our national rally highly successful. The Red Rock especially Ber Knight; the Grand County Travel Council, the Bureau of Land Management, Bert's Auto Salvage and the Moab Lions Club. The majority of the people attending were visiting the area for the first time. I received numerous comments concerning the hospitality of the local residents and the spectacular beauty of the area. . lic. We, along with most voters, are perfectly capable of making informed decisions on two or more spending issues on the same day. One thing is sure: We will vote no on any incumbent commissioner seeking on November 6. . Thank You, Joe & Wilma Wine . See everybody next year. Bill Davis Salt Lake City Dear Sam, Recently, a representative of Forbes magazine (a business paper) stated that "Utah is a good state to locate a business in," and gave various reasons why this was so. The only doubts he had, was that Utah needed to improve schooling to be able to compete for businesses wanting to locate in the state. This makes sense because any business has to have an educated work force to support its operation. Being a local businessman, this is why I support the proposed mill levy increase. Education is good business. Sincerely, A1 McLeod A1 McLeod Electric Dear Editor, As you know, the Grand County Board of Education has voted to im' plement the two mill levy to schools by the Utah State Legislature in January 1990. I know that you support this action, and I believe that many other citizens would also support it if they understood it in a positive way. This letter is not intended for those who are opposed to it, but rather for those whd are undecided andor uninformed. Utah spends considerably less per pupil (annually) than most other states in the country. For example, New Jersey spent $84,00 last year compared to $2700 spent in Utah. Another embarrassing distinction for Utah is the crowded classroom. Locally, at Helen M. Knight Intermediate School, two fifth grade classes have 31 or more students. I am a volunteer for Mrs. Jackson's fifth grade class. The first time I graded math papers I noticed that some of the students did very poorly on their assignments. I mentioned this to Mrs. Jackson and she told me that she has six learning disabled students. Dear Editor, We are two retired folks who support the proposed increase in funding for Grand County Schools. We have sixteen grandchildren, many of school age, but none of them live in Grand County. In our nearly four years here, we have observed a sincere and professional approach by the school board, administrators and staff to produce quality education even within the restraints of limited funds. School News High Amanda McGann by , w ? $1$ ' 0) Official City and County Newspaper Published Each Thursday at 35 East Center Street, Moab, Grand Coqnty, Utah 84532. PQStmaster: Send change of address to: The P.O. Box 129, Moab, Utah 84532 Times-Jndepende- Samuel J. and Adrien F. Taylor Publishers and Editors A new program has beep introduced at Grand County High this year. It's an innovative business ciass that teaches students the ins and outs of operating a small business. The class, simply called Entrepreneurship, is taught by one of the few business teachers, Mr. George Durfee. Eight seniors and one junior are getting true , hands-oexperience, too. The student company, called Innovative Marketing, is going to control the selling of a product that was developed by a local, businessman, Joe Kingsley: GloGerm. This product is designed to promote personal hygiene in students and people in the medical field. But when there are slow times in business. Innovative Marketing just doesn't sit back. For Homecoming week the young entrepreneurs, which was as the class is known around school, designed a black Red with class. shirts marketed toward the Senior print, had "Class of 91" printed across the chest with the signatures of all the seniors below it. For $11 a shirt, they sold unbelievably fast. But at this time the class is focusing their attention solely on the marketing of Mr. Kingsley's product to elementary and secondary schools around the country. Occasionally, the students in the class get a little disgruntled with the technicalities, but enthusiasm still reigns. It. really is showing the true side of running your own business. Vice President of Marketing, Simon Limas, says, "Well, theres lots of money to be made and we're getting a headstart.' And President Huei Lan Wang, "Its a neat experience for us potential business majors." The class is very effective in introducing some of the frustrating obstacles that block your way so frequently in business and being one of the members of this class, I believe it's a true learning experience. I n Times-Independe- nt $16.50 Green River, Grand & Pharmacy B Moab Pharmacist San Juan $24 per year outside area & - , v for 52 news filled issues your mail once a week s w 1 The death of Governor Scott Ml Matheson will leave a void in Utah's leadership for what would have been the rest of his expected days, had not a virulent cancer taken him untimely from Utah's scene. He and his wife Norma have been as staunch and active Democrats as Sam and I have been Republicans, but it didn't interfere with a warm friendship over the years. State boards and commissions require representation from both political parties, and Scott appointed me to serve on the state Board of Family Services, and later on the state Board of Services to the Handicapped, when that division was legislatively separated from Family Services. A colleague on the DSH board once came to me in great surprise. She had seen me at the state Republican convention. "Adrien," she said, "I always thought you were a Democrat." Equally surprised, I asked her why. 'Well, because Governor Matheson seems so fond of you," she said. The response to such a remark is that politics, at least in Utah, do notplay a role on state boards which are dealing with the states most needy, including women, children and the handicapped, among othef populations. Some years ago, Norma and I became members of the founding board of an organization called Utah Children, which advocates f&r the needs of children. The meeting schedule for this board is now such that I can't be present, so have become inactive. But Norma is still in there pitching. I know she'll stay in there. As Scott would have in his own roles. Sam and Scott had an adversarial relationship from time to time which I, thankfully, didn't. A memory to share comes to my mind. Scott M. Matheson had a very distinctive signiture. It didn't look like "Scott M. Matheson." It looked like "OLM." I'm sure Sam and I aren't the only ones who used to, on the appropriate occasion, remark, "Oh, so you got a letter from OLM." Along with Norma and the family, and a host of other friends, Sam and I will miss Scott Matheson. In the "Eighth Annual Report to Congress" in 1986, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 11 of the entire school age population is handicapped (e.g. 4.3 million students), and of this amount, 1.8 million are learning disabled. Although common characteristics of learning disabled children are hyimperactivity, perceptual-moto- r pairment and emotional ups and downs- -a national task force found 99 separate characteristics of learning disabled children in their research. What does this mean to us? These children are in our schools, struggling to learn in spite of their making heroic efforts to meet the needs of all children, but they need some community support. For example, Mrs. Jackson needs a full time aide. She only gets an aide for 40 minutes in the afternoon to help with English. Becky McCormick at Red Rock Elementary told met that the kindergarten classes are exceptionally crowded this year. They could use a teacher to reduce class size. She said the third and fourth grades are also large (e.g. 30 students) and need to be reduced. And the list goes on and on. . . The money generated by the 2 mill levy is to be geared specifically toward hiring teachers, and hiring aides, and paying their benefits. Nevada just passed a law establishing a ratio of one teacher per fifteen students. Perhaps we can't match that. But we can work together to pass the 2 mill levy, hire more teachers and aides. . .and feel that warm glow that comes from doing the right thing not because we had to. but because we chose to. Please demonstrate your community spirit by supporting the 2 mill levy. Our children don't vote and have no choice in this decision They trust us to make responsible decisions for them, and we must not betray this trust: Sandra Fielden Red Rock Country Gem and Mineral Show Moab (Points & Pebbles Qem 'V ukS-CrikeJtoi Proudly Presents the 30th Annual Show Friday, Oct. 12, 1990 Saturday, Oct. 13, 1990 Sunday, Oct. 14, 1990... ' Community Center on Legion Hill East 1st North - Moab, Utah T U d nV'"T'4'' Q ' m- iVf I'ULUjUULwoLuMb City Market pharmacists will be answering these Matt Cyphers P.O. 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Our pharmacists are V $5 discount for persons 62 and older upon request pcash B'jMrigtil&jter, " ' ' ' K Food The ' V The Times-Independe- ! or r Come Meet Our your hometown in Mall t V; handicaps. Grand County teachers are ' Read All About , 1 't W irt nt (UPS 6309-200Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Moab, Utah under the act of March 3, 1897. Second class postage paid at Moab, Utah 84532. in .( "v j |
